Cracking Amazon's Full-Time Interview: Challenging LeetCode and System Design Questions

amazon | Full-time | Interview Experience

Interview Date: Not specified
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Interview Process

The interview consisted of four rounds. The first round was conducted by a friendly interviewer from China, focusing on a LeetCode problem. The second round featured an interviewer from Mexico, who asked about the Lowest Common Ancestor of a Binary Tree. The third round involved system design, where the candidate was tasked with designing a music streaming application similar to QQ Music. The fourth round’s content is not remembered.

Technical Questions

  1. Longest Substring Without Repeating Characters (Sliding Window, Hash Table, String)
  2. Lowest Common Ancestor of a Binary Tree (Tree, Depth First Search)
  3. System Design: Music Streaming Application (System Design, Microservices, Cloud Computing)

Tips & Insights

Be prepared for a mix of coding and system design questions. Familiarize yourself with common algorithms and system design principles, especially for applications involving streaming services.